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10.1.3 Kangaroo Island

In 1790, 700 convicts were taken to the Australian continent, which was then thought to be a barren wasteland. This KidSat image (STS081.00214627), captured on STS-76, shows the pristine beaches and rugged coastlines these European outcasts discovered as they began to colonize the Yorke Peninsula. Visible on the left of the image is Investigator's Strait, the passage between Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island and part of the route navigated by Captain James Cook. "This image makes me want to further investigate the reason why there are white areas on the Yorke Peninsula. Are the beaches and straits like they were when Captain Cook traveled through here?" asked a KidSat student investigator. This image, centered at 35.5°South and 138.0°East in the state of South Australia, was captured on March 23 by students in San Diego, California, using the KidSat digital still camera onboard STS-76, the first flight of KidSat. The image is 156 km by 104 km and was acquired using a 50 mm lens, from an altitude of 289 km. 

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